It is mostly about stories on the Korean people’s struggles against the U. S. bases in Korea. Hope many of you find some clues and sources here. Please just be kind and fair to the source.많은 분들께서 여기에서 단서들과 자료들을 찾길 바랍니다. 다만 단서와 자료의 기원에 대해 친절하고 공정하게 표기해 주시면 감사하겠읍니다.

SEOUL: Defense ministers of South Korea and Japan will hold talks in Seoul next week to strengthen their military ties, including a proposed agreement to protect bilaterally shared military secrets, officials here said Tuesday.

Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and his Japanese counterpart Toshimi Kitazawa, who will visit Seoul next Monday, are also expected to discuss North Korea's military provocations and bilateral cooperation on military supplies and services, officials at the South's defense ministry said.

South Korea and Japan held talks for the so-called "General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA)" in the past, but little progress had been made.

However, Seoul and Tokyo "have recently felt the need to sign the agreement"...an official at the South's defense ministry said....."The pact, if signed, will open a new chapter in the development of military relations between South Korea and Japan," he said.

Kim and Kitazawa are also expected to explore concluding another pact, called the "Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement," which would stipulate obligations on sharing military supplies and services such as food, fuel and transportation between the two nations.

Despite their close economic ties, South Korea and Japan have had limited military contact and exchanges, given a legacy of Tokyo's brutal colonization of the Korean Peninsula from 1910-1945.

[T]he U.S. has been urging the two neighbors to build a stronger military relationship.

On his visit to Seoul after the Yeonpyeong attack, U.S. Adm. Mike Mullen proposed joint military drills among South Korea, Japan and the U.S. to increase deterrence against North Korea.....

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The site is managed by an artist living in the South Korea. The photo in the profile is the children in Osan, near the Pyeongtaek where the planned US military base hub in the north east Asia and a large US air base exists. They are the children of a teacher who manages the Children Peace School there. As a part of the class programs, the children in the class drew and wrote in a cloth, their wishes of the peaceful unification of Korea some day.